One of the inspirations for Williams Tempest's latest collection is Le crazy horse de Paris, a Parisian cabaret club. The club itself occupies 12 wine cellars all knocked through. Famous for its nude dancers and variety of magicians and acts between performances, the club Established by Alex Bernardin in 1951 remains a family business. Dancers are chosen to be indistinguishable on stage in height,looks,breast size etc. Before his suicide in 1994, Bernardin said of his club;
"Magic is a dream. There is no show that is more dreamlike than a magic show. And what we do with the girls is magic, too, because they aren't as beautiful as you see them onstage. It's the magic of lights and costumes. These are my dreams and fascinations that I put onstage."
Le crazy horse has lately put on one off shows featuring famous or prestigious artists such as Dita Von Teese, Carmen Electra, Aria Cascaval, Arielle Dombasle and Pamela Anderson.
I watched a few of the dances and found the shows use a lot of lighting-shadows across the body, rays of coloured light on the body and also the use of a shiny floor to create reflection and symmetry.I like this commercial as it gives a sense of the atmosphere in the club and shows costume.
The dancers are identical, often in hats or wigs to make them androgynous,the music is typically Parisian and cabaret either upbeat or very chic and sultry.The costumes all use colours and light to make the dancers bodies identical-each dance uses symmetry as a key feature.The dancers are also never completely nude, but wear body sculpted costumes with cut out and body paint to create a print on the skin, the use of sculpting,cut out and print is very prominent in Tempests s/s10 collection .
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